#if you can read my writing kudos to you

[the-govern]

Wilbur gives Dream poems and letters written in cursive, blushin and everything and Dream doesn't have the heart to tell him that he doesn't know how to read (specifically) Wilbur's cursive

#dreambur #dreamwastaken #wilbur soot #my art #theyre so stupid #and for what? #obvi the letters wouldnt be this crude/more romantic #but yk #I wouldn't put it above Wilbur he would probably write something like this at some point #kudos to you if you can actually read it btw because I certainty can't!

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

it does something incomprehensible to my little writer’s soul whenever alex articulates a phenomenon of the writing process i’ve always picked up on and then goes on to describe it in exactly the same way

#when i first heard him say this when i was watching the interview i legit had to pause the video for a moment #because it was like he’d actually taken my words straight out of my mouth #literally for years i’ve been fascinated by the little timeless pocket between dusk and dawn where there’s so much freedom #to explore creativity uninhibited and unobserved and without fear of consequence #the way it allows you to create things almost as if they don’t really exist #or like the rest of the world doesn’t #and the magic of that freedom #like if you create things on the cusp of dreams it’s almost as if they don’t count #they’re liberated from any usual self doubt or self criticism that invades the imaginative space during the daylight #why am i making myself sound like a creative vampire 😭 #i’m going to stop rambling in the tags now sorry #i fear absolutely none of this makes sense #kudos to anyone who’s read the whole way through this #the gist of what i’m trying to say is that it’s such a special feeling when someone whose writing you adore and connect to so much #puts into words elements of the process that have always resonated with you #and this is just one example too #right i’m going to stop rambling now #but one last thing before i go #on a more superficial note: can we appreciate how softly spoken and soft fluffy haired he is here?? 🥺 #alex turner #humbug era #arctic monkeys #alex vid #lulu posts

[zukkaoru]

the disparity in kudos between a skk fic and a fic for literally any other bsd characters/ship :/

#like okay i get it skk is the most popular bsd ship by a longshot #but it does kinda suck that my skk fics will always end up being more popular than literally anything else i write for bsd #when i have way better fics tbh #okay i'm unleashing this from my drafts lol #like i get it kudos/hits/bookmarks counts aren't telling of how good a fic is #but out of my last five fics. my skk one has ONE HUNDRED kudos more than the next most kudos #and idk it also sucks that i know my skk is better than 90% of the fandom but. even my skk fics get significantly less kudos/etc #than big writers in the fandom who AREN'T EVEN GOOD #or are like. mid at best #i know in theory that the bsd fandom doesn't care about characterization but like. not only do they encourage bad characterization #it feels like sometimes they're actively against good characterization #even in j.jk and a.tla where there are major issues with bad characterization #more people seem to at least appreciate the good characterization. (even if they aren't good at it themselves.) #but i swear to god no one in the bsd fandom cares about anything besides whether dazai and chuuya are kissing. it begins and ends there. #it never ceases to amaze me (derogatory) how a fandom where the source media draws So Much inspiration from classic literature #can somehow have NEGATIVE media literacy skills #why don't you guys take a break from your edgy dazai x softboy chuuya fics and you fems.kk with dazai in skimpy clothes and your #beast chuuya sobbing and killing himself over dazai's death #and go read some of the books by the actual authors. and then write me an essay about the themes that has nothing to do with shipping. #and THEN you can come back to the fandom. #listen i love skk but oh my god sometimes the fandom makes me hate them. #anyway one of these days i'm going to get anon hate for complaining about the bsd fandom so much but that's fine #at least i know there are characters in the show besides dazai and chuuya. and when i do write skk AT LEAST I DO IT RIGHT. #hello grace here

[artemis-in-space]

I literally don't care what you ship in One Piece as long as you get the dynamic right

#one piece/ one piece art is my life blood #I need it to live #I personally don't like zosan At All but I'll reblog your art if I like the style or you get the dynamic right #I'm not that into Luffy x Zoro but basically everyone who draws/writes it has gotten them perfectly so fuck it like kudos reblog #honestly if Luffy ends up with anyone I'll be disappointed cause I project onto him so hard #but you're all right. aroace people can be in relationships and so long as he be acting like luffy I don't give a shit #I actually LOVE Law x Luffy. its my go to Luffy ship #but I realised a while back its cause Law is 'my type' and Luffy is the character I am most like #plus they cute together and I love enemies to lovers where only one of them thinks they were ever enemies #I don't understand a Lot of the reasoning behind most ships in one piece but god damn do I like your art style #I've read so many fics where crew members are together that I'm like. hm weird. but like you got the crew dynamic So Perfect I literally do #..not care its going in the bookmarks #one piece #artemisposting

[the-holy-ghosted]

Leaving kudos on ao3 and seeing like two other mutuals in the list of names. I see we're both at the devils sacrament. Was it fun. Did you enjoy it I was having fun at the sacrament personally. Some great work here

#the heron speaketh #will i share what fics i was reading ? no. easy to guess though #mutuals if you see me leaving kudos you can wave to me. hiiii #ive considered writing another fic of my own soon but well see about that

[novelconcepts]

i don't make resolutions, but if i did

it would be to finish this fic

(and to be kind to myself for however long it takes to actually do so)

#i'm finishing it if it kills me #i know i've been writing this makeout scene for 3 weeks but baby that can't last forever #if we want to get deep and dark and serious for a second i do think a lot of my struggles to write lately have to do with engagement #and how incredibly low engagement has been on the last few things i've written #which like. is what it is. i'm not entitled to anybody's time or comments or kudos. #but when you write stuff you're proud of and it feels like it's barely getting read it's hard to keep momentum. #this isn't intended as a woe is me or whatever it's just kind of like. there. hovering. #happens enough times you start to wonder if it's you. am i just writing for the wrong fandom/ship? #(too bad if so. they're in my bones i'm writing for them and no one can stop me.) #but yeah. if you ever wonder if authors do care or notice about hits. comments. kudos. buddy i am here to tell you #not only do we care and FLOURISH we also notice when those things drop off and readers vanish #and it is a giant bummer. and sometimes makes us wildly paranoid about why that might have happened. #so if you liked a fic today--not even one of mine. just. anybody's. share it. comment on it. #kudos at the VERY least (cuz frankly kudos is there to be an 'i got to the end and this was nice' feature. #so when you get 500 hits and only like 30 kudos? it feels like 470 of those people hated your work) #anyway. that got out of hand. lil' too raw lil' too honest. happens when you let yourself ramble at 11:30 instead of sleeping #to sum: let your local fic writer know if they've made you happy #and as we go into 2024 i am swearing to myself that this fic (and probably several others) are getting finished #come hell. high water. or dishearteningly low engagement numbers. #(and then maybe we...actually work on something original. cuz why not. new year same old me but i'll do my best.)

[foxgloveinspace]

Please always ramble in the tags 😭🫶🏼✨ reading tags are some of my favorite things, esp yours tbh

I hope your weekend was good dude! And I hope your migraine fucks off quicklyyy!

I’m trying to get some studying done today, it’s not working yet, but I’m trying!

PS link for your 14K FIC?!?! FUCKIN DUDE THATS AWESOME IM SO PROUD AND SO HAPPY FOR YOUUU!!!

@a-little-lynx

Good Luck Studying!! I hope you find your groove, and it goes really well!! This is my favorite rain noise video on youtube if you like those, I put it on when I need to drown out the rest of the world for reading, haha.

My migraine is already going away a bit, I turned off my headphones, even tho I was listening to The Summoning as a little, 'its been one year since i heard you' celebration, but I can do that later too.

I would link it, but its not posted yet🙇, I'm waiting till it's done before I post it, cause I have discovered through trial and error that that is best for me (*looks sadly at my now mostly abandoned Dune fic that I will finish one of these days but I don't know when it'll be.*)

I don't even know if I'm half way done with it even, I don't even know if I'm gonna post it as chapters? or post it as a really long one shot (but from what I hear, it's best to do it as chapters cause if you get passed 50k you can't edit it after posting, oof. I always forget tags). I think if i do, do chapters, I just finished the first one, haha. It's like, a dream come true though? cause SamTron/SamRinzler is one of my longest running ships (I'd go as far to call it my rare pair otp, haha) and Tron: Legacy is my favorite movie of all time, and I've wanted to write a long as fuck fic for them for years and years and years, so now that I'm finally doing it!!! Ugh. I'm just. so giddy about it, and I hope I am getting their characters right (even tho I've watched the movie about 50 times at this point and have the freaking.... script memorized at this point.) And!!! Yeah.... I'm so happy about it... I'm also being so so self indulgent with it (for me this means adding in little details that don't really matter, like the fact that Sam keeps body armor drinks in his fridge instead of like Gatorade, or that Quorra is a picky eater now that she can, ya know, actually taste things besides Energy on the Grid...... I am uhh, assuming you've watched Tron/Tron: Legacy Cass, if not its a-ok, I just realized some of this makes no since haha.) I am just.... really getting into it?

I'm also trying to keep the main plot under covers until I post it, cause I feel like the anticipation of keeping it sceret will motivate me to beign able to finish it!

#hihi!!! #a-little-lynx #i mean.... if you want I can send you a link to my most popular fic?? it's about 36k long. I just don't know if you'd like the ship haha. #theres a an age gap (but everyone involved is of age in my fic!! I don't write about anything but adults!) #and the ship is controversial in the main part of the fandom. but its 1158 kudos and 318 bookmarks and its my little baby I'm so proud of < #It's even on page one now when you sort by kudos!!! that's such a big deal in fandom haha. #I want to go back and write the little one shots I have planned in that universe but I don't have the motivation for it sadly... maybe in #the spring I'll have the motivation #oh...its uhhh its a Luke x Percy fic. Idk if you ever read PJO #A lot of people hate Luke and any Luke ship. Idk....... the fic kinda possessed me when I was writing it haha. much like this tron one is. #anywayyyyyyyy. #it's a super soft fluffy falling in love with your enemy when he's no longer your enemy fic. 'hes seen the worst parts of me and decided I #am still worthy of love' ect ect. It also takes place mostly in a coffee shop! and it's just.... cozy fluffy winter christmas vibes haha. #uhhhhh.... yeah... idk. #lots of rambles about lots of things this time haha

[sisterdivinium]

That Sylvia didn't know from the beginning of shooting the show about Mother Superion having been a halo bearer before is absolutely wild based on her performance. Talk about intuition...

#i recall another interview of hers where she talks about the reaction the acting teacher had to her first time on stage or something #“that's talent!” -- indeed it is indeed it is... #(don't mind me i'm just youtube diving for a sec) #silly blabbering #i could never be a script writer. she mentions two s1 episodes having been reworked in the middle of shooting some others #no guys seriously how do you rework something as it's happening lol braver than any us marine #there's a reason why i write and rewrite my stories and even my essays before i ever post them -- why i take months to complete a text #and why if ever i do lose my mind and write a multichap story it will be fully written before i ever post the first chapter #i can do improv rather well -- i did a few theatre classes and i can do beautiful ass pulls in the middle of an rpg session #but when i have a story to tell i have a vision to adhere to and nobody apart from my best friend sees that progress that back and forth #it's pretty cool that the writers changed a few things after getting to know the actors (and sylvia had mentioned that before as well) #but jeez i just would not be able to do it. kudos to every screenwriter playwright out there #since it's not just putting parts of the story out -- it's doing so for actors to read and perform. amazing #random edit to add that she?? did boxing for three years??? mamma mia aiutami

[espithewarlock]

Just read "I'll let you give it to me" and ohhhh my God that was so good? And so hot? Your brain >>>>>

Actually speechless

Hello! Thank you for the ask and double thank you for the compliment!! I actually have a lot to say on the matter, so forgive me for using your ask to do it.

So I'm going to be perfectly honest and admit that I'll Let You Give It To Me, despite being a PWP, was a struggle to finish. I started writing it almost immediately after posting Croissants in Abu Dhabi and was finally able to pick it back up and finish it this weekend.

Part of the reason I set it down was because I got distracted writing other things (Baker!Pierre & 1016 Week prompts were happening around that time) and the other part is due to the comments I was getting on I’ve Got a Feeling That I’m Not Complete Anymore.

They were, to put it bluntly, mean.

There was about 24 hours that I spent crying on & off about them and I couldn't write a word of anything for 2 weeks. (That's not an exaggeration.)

The problem was, the comments weren't wrong. The commenters were mad about actions the characters were taking and, unfortunately, directing that anger at me, the author. (I haven't deleted any of those comments by the way, so they can be read on AO3.)

The characters that I wrote into that fic...they're far from perfect. Pierre is more than a little selfish and inconsiderate, Charles is definitely an enabler and has his own selfish moments, and Max is completely hypocritical about what he wants.

I wanted to write about a messy relationship and...well...I did.

That's why I haven't deleted the comments. They're correct on multiple fronts. I just wish those commenters had the presence of mind to consider the impact their harsh words would have on me. (Recognizing that this is a selfish request on my part but, well, it is my writing.)

They're supposed to be mad at the characters, they're supposed to want better for them, and they're supposed to see how those characters try and improve themselves, even if it isn't perfect.

I don't know about anyone else, but I think perfection in relationships is a) impossible and b) boring.

I'd also be remiss if I didn't thank the wonderful, amazing, @duquesademiel for being incredible. She dedicated an entire day to reading my fic and, essentially, live reacting to it in my DMs. (Plus, she left the most amazing comment on the final chapter that makes me 🥰)

That completely reignited my love for this universe and helped convince me to finish what I had started with this PWP.

So, yeah, this was just a smutty little one-shot for most people. For me, this is an accomplishment. I was able to set aside the negative comments and write something that brings me joy.

Hearing that it brought other people joy too is, as Max would put it, simply lovely. So thank you for taking time out of your day not just to read it, but to come here and tell me you enjoyed it. Positive comments and feedback like yours help motivate me to keep writing, and to keep improving my writing. 💚

#Espi answers asks! #Espi likes to ramble about her writing #'Shatter and Shimmer' as a series is 84k words #of course I have a lot to say about it #and it's by far my most popular in terms of hits kudos and comments by sheer number #so I know that other people enjoyed reading it too #but sometimes one or a few negative comments can be so discouraging #so I love every single one of you who takes the time to leave positive comments on ANY fic (not just mine) #especially you sol if you're lurking in my tags #sol gets warm blankets and hugs instead of soup

[goatmilksoda]

it's always so scary when you dump your heart and soul into a chapter and think "hehehehe my audience is going to think I'm so clever and they'll love this!" and you genuinely had a great time writing it so you finally put the chapter out into the world and it's like *refresh* *refresh* *refresh* (repeat x3 days) and that inbox number for comments just stays 0.

#HEY THIS ISN'T TO GUILT ANYONE BTW #I just thought other authors would relate #I understand leaving comments can be really scary and sometimes emotionally draining #this isn't about that #I understand #but it's just scary when even your comment regulars don't show up to a chapter you thought was wonderful #and you stop and think 'shit what did I do wrong. What's not working?' #but you can't know because people won't tell you #anyway the point is: #My lovely audience who reads this blog I love you this isn't about you this is for other authors who can relate #and I also don't want to hear 'but you should be writing for yourself!!!' #because guess what? #I wouldn't be writing agere fanfiction about Loki Laufeyson over a year after the tv show came out if I was doing it for numbers!! #I wouldn't be writing about Sylvie being four years old and a horrible little gremlin girl if I was doing this for numbers #I wouldn't have 50 chapters in one fic + 30 between the other two planned if it was for numbers #all I'm saying is that this fic has good subs an ok kudo ratio and a good number of bookmarks but just... no comments on new chapters #and it's like 'ok shit what am I doing wrong? What do people want to see?' #goat talk #ao3 writer #vent #rant

[jonathanbiers]

holy shit i just realized my silly little fic about steddie and snow cones hit 500 kudos and i am feeling a lot of things about it

#it might not be a lot in comparison to some others but it is to me #i've never gotten that much attention on something i've written ever #and especially as i've been in this weird cycle of discouraging thoughts for the past well over a month #feeling like shit because i haven't been in the right mental state to write even though it's one of my favorite hobbies #and what little i can feels like hot garbage #so the fact that that many people liked something i wrote enough to click an extra button means!!! so much to me oh my god #i've been in a 'delete everything i've ever written' mood again lately which has been a recurring theme for me but this happening #reminds me that people actually like things i write sometimes #so if you read that fic and left kudos/comments/bookmarks/reblogs: i am kissing you on the forehead. or on the mouth if you're ok w/ that #shut up larsen

[zukkaoru]

i think. everyone should stop reading my most popular fics that aren't really that good and start reading the ones with 18 kudos that are significantly better

#this is about (just wanna be) somebody i'm proud of #yes i had fun writing it. but it's REALLY NOT THAT GOOD #also i cannot stress this enough: that fic was a fluke #it's NOT a good example of what i write. guys i'm so much better at the angsty character study fics #i promise i actually can get proper characterization. i had to sacrifice some of that for the light-hearted stupid cheesy premise #alas #no one in fandom actually cares about characterization #ngl sometimes i even wonder what the point of writing stuff in-character is if the flat #'characters reduced to a single trait that they may or may not even possess' #fics will ALWAYS end up being more popular than the ones with good characterization #anyway i know why the 18 kudos one is so low. it's the mcd tag. AND it's a gen fic centered around a character no one cares about #i wasn't expecting that one to do well #but it does suck that like. my most popular fics will never actually be my best ones #it's the same with bsd but THAT'S a whole other story #that's the phenomenon of everyone reducing bsd to the skk show and not giving the time of day to fics centered around anyone else #do u guys realize there are SO many other INCREDIBLE characters and dynamics???? #like i was doing that bsd fic rec event on twt and almost all of the fics recced were skk #meanwhile i was searching for anything NOT skk bc idk other ships and characters deserve appreciation too?? #and i don't even read much skk bc it's so hard to find anything that's. like. ACTUALLY good. #anyway. i don't actually care if you read somebody i'm proud of #but i hate that that's like. one of my most popular fics by a longshot #i have stuff that is so much better that people won't even glance at bc it's not tagged with the most popular m/m ship in the fandom #hello grace here

[bloomberrypint]

Ik there's not many ppl writing hignfy fic on ao3 but i still think im the worst hignfy fic writer to ever grace on that website and i hate it. Like im actually considering blowing my account away just to make sure no one has to put through any of my fic anymore cuz im that insecure with my grammar and stuff :(

#idk if i can continue with writing reflections anymore and it hasn't even gotten to the “good” stuff #also the fact that someone gives me kudos for this is gonna make me cry thanks for that none of my three fics deserve it at all #I'll just stick to reading ppls fic thank you im tired 🫠

[japannkenn]

my boy luca passed out💀

#how can they die it’s a cyclist anime #it’s giving #i swear sometimes I’m not thinking clearly and these ideas sound logical to me #I wrote this at 2am #it’s fine it will never see the light of day #no Luca fanfic is worth reading if Luca and Alberto don’t touch tongues anymore after al #*glances nervously at my G rated wholesome cute Luca fic from July with only 3 kudos* #*​then glances at my slightly scandalous one-shot from a week ago with marginally higher stats* #remember when you could write anything for the Luca fandom and you’d get one thousand kudos #fun times #Anyways I’m not stat-obsessed #I’m just not #alberto scorfano #pixar luca #luca paguro #luca #luca 2021 #disney luca #luberto #giulia marcovaldo #fanfic #japanken

[im-no-jedi]

update about MLWTBB

it’s been a while since I’ve posted any of my stories, and there’s multiple reasons for that. the main one so far has been lack of proofreading, which Ham and I already talked about. sadly, I’m probably going to start posting my work without her edits for the foreseeable future (with the potential of me adding her edits later). another one is that I’m not happy with how I’ve been formatting my posts here on Tumblr. I’ve been using the same intro since I started posting the first MLWTBB over a year ago, and it’s become both redundant and unnecessary imo. finally, I’ve been considering this for a while, but I’d like to start making either graphics or artwork for each of my stories. ideally, I’d have a new one for every chapter (and I might do that at some point), but starting off, I would just have one per story.

all of this has me considering not just how I post my stories going forward, but also potentially reposting my older stories with the new format as well. this would only apply to here and not AO3, which is already formatted completely differently. I would update the masterlist to accommodate this as well, of course, favoring the reuploads over the original versions.

I’m still trying to figure things out, so it may still be a while before I post my next story. I know, it’s been over a month since I’ve posted anything, and I feel bad for that. I have three different stories already complete that have been waiting to be uploaded for months now. and I love this series and think about it constantly, and I have no intention of ending it anytime soon. season 2 has been rattling around in my brain and giving me new ideas for future stuff that I cannot WAIT to share with everyone. it’s just going to be a long time before we get there unfortunately 😅

so yeah, tl;dr I’m reworking how I post MLWTBB going forward and may be reuploading the entire series so far in a better format, which means the next story might not release for a while longer. ironically, the next story would be more fitting to release in May considering the subject matter, but that’s all I’ll say about it 😜

I know this series isn’t very popular, but it’s extremely important to me. it’s rekindled my love for writing and telling stories, and that’s the main reason I’m continuing it. to the few people who’ve read and enjoyed the series so far, thank you so much. what started as a self-indulgent way for me to live with my favorite characters has turned into what I consider my magnum opus, and I can’t wait to share the rest of it with all of you in the future 💙💙💙

#the bad batch #star wars the bad batch #if I had to guess I'd say none of this happening until season 2 is over #I'm so focused on the show itself that it's hard for me to even write #much less think about older stuff #or things like reformatting and all that #so yeah probably won't see new updates until mid April at the earliest #which is disappointing for me personally #cause I'm excited to share my stories with you all #but it is what it is #better late than never is what I always say #until then I encourage people to read through the series on AO3 if you can #both new readers and followers of the series #unless you're cool with seeing the same old intro on every chapter ROFL #also leave kudos and comments please; I'd really appreciate it #way more than you know #star warz

[littlespoonevan]

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#is it just me or is ao3 engagement waaaaaaay down at the moment??? #i just went back through like the last 10 pages of the buddie tag to stuff i'd missed to my marked for later #*to add #and there was only a handful of fics with over 500 kudos #there was only ONE that had over a thousand #(**i shou say these were all complete fics) #and i've noticed it with the last three fics i've posted too #and it's weird bc i would say the amount of notes on the tumblr posts for my fics are still p much the same as before #and likewise i haven't see much of a difference with comments #but kudos have pretty much halved in comparison #and look i know i can't complain i'm very lucky with the response i generally get for my fics #and obviously sometimes you can just write stuff that people don't vibe with #so that could ofc be the reason too #but like i said the tag in general is the same #most of the fics i scrolled past had an average of 300-400 kudos and i went back 12 days #and i know stats aren't everything etc etc write for the love of it whatever #but also it just feels very Not Normal for this fandom #my first ever buddie fic got 400 kudos in one night and i wasn't even IN the fandom #from around february to may of this year my to be read list was neverending bc so many fics had been recommended to me #all of which were around the 1000 mark (or at the very least were over 500) #and i feel like you kind of expect the dip in engagement during hiatus times bc people step back from fandom a little #but i can't ever remember it being like this during a time when the show was actually airing #idk it's just strange and i can't pinpoint the reason??? #is it because they haven't had much interaction on the show so far this season so people are maybe staying out of the tag???? #bc tumblr has been quite quiet too #or is everyone just like. very busy rn askdjfhas #tbd